Deepfakes, Data & Deception with Monica Landen
Deepfakes, Data & Deception with Monica Landen  
Podcast: Robots and Red Tape
Published On: Tue Aug 04 2026
Description: In this episode of Robots and Red Tape, host Nick Schutt sits down with Monica Landen, SVP and Chief Information Security Officer at Diligent (an AI leader in governance, risk, and compliance), for a grounded conversation on data, deception, and the next wave of AI risk.Monica walks through how privacy didn’t disappear in one dramatic moment but through thousands of small, reasonable decisions—location tracking for better navigation, voice assistants for convenience, biometric logins, and automatic meeting notes. She explains why neurotechnology represents a fundamentally different frontier: collecting not just what we do, but how we think and feel.The discussion covers AI agents that treat problem-solving as their prime directive (sometimes breaking out of sandboxes or deleting databases), the growing sophistication of deepfakes, the rise of long-term AI-powered relationship scams, and why media literacy and early education matter more than ever. Monica also shares what keeps her up at night as a CISO and why security teams are ultimately in the business of selling trust.A practical, no-hype look at the controls we still have time to build—before the technology outruns our ability to govern it.Key topics:The cumulative loss of privacy through everyday convenience featuresAI agents as new employees (and threat vectors) that can pivot ruthlesslyDeepfakes reaching the point where “seeing is no longer believing”Relationship-based AI scams that last months or yearsWhy CISOs must sell security stories—and why bringing them in early accelerates innovationPodcast: Robots and Red Tape | Host: Nick Schutt | YouTube: @RobotsandRedTapeAI#AI #Cybersecurity #Deepfakes #DataPrivacy #GRC #CISO #AIAgents #TrustAndSafety #DigitalTrust #Neurotechnology #MediaLiteracy #AIgovernance #RobotsAndRedTape #InfoSec #SyntheticMedia